Paris Letter Exposition Trocadero Tour and Jewel View
Our correspondent visits the Exposition at the Trocadero on the Seine. He notes top omnibus access costs three cents and a vast portico view with statues of nations, a conspicuous Vesti bule of Honor, and the French crown jewels. He sketches kiosks, costumed vendors, and a lively crowd while recalling Thiers and the regent jewels valued at 20 million francs and a debate on selling them.
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Chicago
England
France
M. Thiers
Satan
Seine
Mahomet
Gulnare
Shakespeare
Geo. Francis
Washington
Old Sherman
Treasury Department
Austria
Russia
United States
Prince of Wales
Charlemagne
Clovis
Pepir
Crown
Thiers
M. Blanc Raspail
Naquet
Chamber
Exportation of Western Cattle Under Threat of Bill
A parliamentary bill requiring immediate slaughter of foreign cattle at a fixed wharf threatens the western cattle trade. The measure would practically halt American beef exports, harming shippers and English consumers, despite broad industry opposition from 440 shipowners and regional representatives.
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London
Liverpool
England
America
Deneer News
Cattle Drives Rise as Plains Beef Leads Nation
From Dodge City Kumaag reports cattle drives from Texas will total 225000 to 250000 head with some estimates at 300000 as cattle move toward Kansas Nebraska and Colorado. Western markets gain from better stock improving plains beef prices while Pacific states prepare to lead beef production ahead of Texas.
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New York Times
Dodge City
Kumaag
Texas
Arkansas
Purgatoire
Parka
Platte Valley
Republican
Plains
Rocky Mountain
Oregon
Washington Territory
Walla-Walla
Yakima
Snake River
Colorado
Wyoming
Nebraska
Omaha
Great Buffalo Plains
Pacific States
Utah
Washington
Montana
California
Great West
Frontier prices and drought notes from Fort Griffin Texas
From Fort Griffin on July 15 1878 prices for potatoes two dollars per bushel wheat fifty nine cents beef cattle three and four years old eighteen to twenty dollars each average herd nine to ten dollars per head grass is fine and stock in splendid condition. A farmer warns that unpaid small debts lose his wheat crop and threaten his business if many debtors delay payments
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Fort Griffin
Texas
Jacob Sherer
Register Call
Brick Pomeroy
Georgetown
Greenbackers, Nationals, Or Workingmen’s Party
Newfoundland
Rocky Mountains
Leadville Reveill
Wool trade and sheep yields across Colorado and west
A Colorado and western wool market roundup reports buyers in Greeley and Kansas Pacific expanding hunts for wool from Colorado herds. Flows include 1,240 sheep clipping 6,584 pounds and 850 sheep yielding 8,501 pounds. Observers note higher lamb crops, shorn volumes, and price shifts from 28 to 20 cents per pound.
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Batetéldet
Greeley
South
Kansas Pacific
G. W. Buffum
R. A. Kauffiati
Poudre
B. B. Putnam
Platte
Pottawatomie
Kansas
Corpus Christi
Texas
Hurlburt
Lone Tree
Pole
Zeader
Colorado
California
United States
West
New Mexico
Wyoming
Owl
Cotswold
Merino
South Downs
South Cotyn
Kentucky
Ohio
Michigan
Canada
Vermont
Pennsylvania
New York
Australia
South America
Colorado Springs Gazette
Roma
Greenway & Pebbles
Wethers
Messrs
Davis
Joseph Kenyon
Wei
Scotland
Night shirt controversy at a Denver dry goods shop
An elderly customer visits a Poudre town store asking for gentlemen’s night shirts. A polite clerk shows options but she objects to frills and insists she knows men’s nightwear, recounting her husband’s Denver trip and insisting on plain attire. The exchange ends with her departing in a scornful rebuke.
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Denver
Batcheldor
Peabody
Impecunious speaker and a telegram change the crowd
A poverty stricken orator at a communist gathering proclaims wealth redistribution before a telegraph announces a Penn Yan aunt’s $12,009 legacy. The scene shifts to a horse theft pursuit near Garland and Elena Lake county, a vigilante chase ends with a female thief killed, and a wounded accomplice who won’t name identities. Congress funds river improvements and irrigation work. News notes deny Wisconsin Deaf and Dumb Asylum scandal. California wheat export estimates rise to 20,000 tons.
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Whack
Penn Yan
Whackup
Spain
Garland
Dara
Elena
Lake County
Congress
White River
Powell’s Valley
Boulder Canyon Adventure Through Grand Narrows
An unpublished description recalls a trek into Boulder Canyon with guide Texas Chet, detailing sheer walls, mosses, pines, and a dramatic river below. The writers describe monumental granite formations, high snow capped peaks, and distant Union sentinels then return to a hotel for supper. The piece ends with Kansas Pacific rates for cattle and sheep freight, listing multiple towns and per car costs.
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Texas
Chet
Grand Canyon
Dirk
Grizzly
Indorsement Promotes Bentons Speed Accelerators for Horses
Patrick Daily testifies in New York on June 1 1875 that Bentons Speed Accelerators improve speed and comfort for trotters roadsters and coach horses. He says they reduce cheek and bit strain by providing proper elasticity and that horsemen who try them will recommend them widely. He urges readers to request an illustrated circular.
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Benton
Patrick Daily
City Marshes
New York
Wilber C. Berten
Brownstown
Indiana
Eirealar
Edison in Cheyenne on Vacation to Test New Instrument
Thomas A. Edison arrives in Cheyenne with Henry Draper and others en route to Rawlins to witness a solar eclipse. Edison plans a six week trip to test a new heat measuring instrument, derived from the carbon telephone, during the eclipse with about two and a half minutes of testing time.
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Thomas A. Edison
Henry Draper
New York
de. Barker
Philadelphia
Morton
Hoboken
Theodore Whitney
San Augustine
Florida
Eli Whitney
Professor Edison
Wim
Rawlins
Yosemite Valley
Colorado
Collins Repress predicts good potato yield in mountains
The article notes a strong potato harvest expected this year in the mountains near Collins. It also reports barley yields of 40 bushels per acre by D C Wyatt of Fratis and other regional notes.
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Collins
D. C. Wyatt
Fratis
Colorado Agricultural College
Hugh Barton
Express
Pueblo and Arkansas Valley Railroad Company
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Dunham
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Suan
P. O. Box
Miss Lena Pease
F. 1
Ghilus
H. N. Rogerson
M. Freeman
J. D. Buckley
Sec’y & Engineer of
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Denver Pacific Railway
Union Bank
Masonic
Greeley, Colgrado
Canon City and
Boulder Valley
Maple Street
Joseph Moore
Greeley House
Greeley, Wel County
Dr. L. Dawley
Paris
Cc. A
Wisconsin
Boulder Canyon
Kansas Pacific Railroad
Cheyenne
Evans
Colorado Springs
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River Bend
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Edison
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